IDF chief pulls troops into West Bank after settlers besiege Palestinian family

IDF chief pulls troops into West Bank after settlers besiege Palestinian family  Haaretz

Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Rana Rauf had plans to flee to Bangladesh; he visited India around six times since 2012 and passed on sensitive information regarding Indian Railways and Indian ArmyThe Special Task Force (STF) of the West Bengal Police on Wednesday (August 12,

QUSRA, West Bank, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Israeli troops clashed with Jewish settlers on Wednesday while trying to disperse them from a West Bank outpost they set up directly in front of Palestinian homes, and later withdrew from the area after failing to clear the settlers, witnesses said. The incident on the outskirts of

Israeli settlers have been besieging two Palestinian families in their homes in the occupied West Bank since Sunday, with the families saying their supplies were running out and rights groups urging the authorities to step in.

QUSRA, West Bank, Aug 12 - Israeli troops clashed with Jewish settlers on Wednesday while trying to disperse them from a West Bank outpost they set up directly in front of Palestinian homes, and later withdrew from the area after failing to clear the settlers, witnesses said.

Unless Donald Trump presses Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu to curb hard-right extremists, the president’s Mideast peace hopes are doomed.

Israeli security forces have reportedly withdrawn and about a dozen settlers are said to remain at the site where two families have been besieged since Sunday.

ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFAUGUST 12, 2026 09:41Updated: AUGUST 12, 2026 09:43Dozens of settlers clashed with the IDF on Wednesday morning near Kusra, in the northern West Bank, after the military evacuated a tent that was set up in the area.The entire area has been declared a closed military zone.Border Police officers wer

A Palestinian family remains trapped in its West Bank home as activists say Israeli settlers and soldiers are blocking food and medical aid.

ISRAELI settlements are becoming an “existential threat” to Palestinians, according to a charity worker based in the West Bank.

Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian property in West Bank Israeli settlers have set fire to Palestinian property overnight in Wadi Rahim in the southern West Bank, according to Palestinian media outlets. Footage posted on X by these outlets shows settlers entering homes in the Hebron Hills village and settin

Ex-Israeli soldier Ori Givati told The Irish News about his switch to humanitarian work after serving in the West Bank

An Israeli settler has been indicted for allegedly killing a West Bank activist who contributed to an Oscar-winning film on the Palestinian struggle.

Israeli forces arrest dozens of Palestinians near Jerusalem amid uptick in military and settler violence in West Bank.

Israeli settlers attack West Bank Palestinian community, burn homes  Dawn

It was the first such indictment since the outbreak of the Gaza war in 2023

Yinon Levi faces trial for reckless manslaughter related to the 2025 killing of Awdah Hathaleen Israeli prosecutors have charged a Jewish settler over the killing of a Palestinian community leader in the occupied West Bank last year- the ⁠first such indictment in nearly three years. In papers filed by the state attorn

Israel charges settler over killing of Palestinian activist in West Bank in rare prosecution  CNN

Israeli prosecutors Thursday charged a settler for the killing of a Palestinian community leader last year in the occupied West Bank, according to an indictment filed in district court.

Israeli prosecutors Thursday charged a settler for the killing of a Palestinian community leader last year in the occupied West Bank, according to an indictment filed in district court.